[Yamanbagiri pauses, eyeing Siffrin for a moment, but he doesn't seem put off.

You get the sense he's used to explaining things multiple times.

Or perhaps just explaining things badly.]

Time will start to go wild. Not only that, but the tainted water from the pond will start to get into everything else, if the dam doesn't hold.

I think... that's why the hedge maze itself is getting worse.